Overview of Earthquake Preparedness and Disaster Mitigation in China
ZhuShilong · 中国地震研究：英文版 · 2002
As an earthquake-prone country,China has made sustained effors in the study of earthquakes and disaster mitigation during the past several decades,with China Seismological Bureau (CSB)as the backbone of these efforts,Working towards this purpose,a series of key projects were imp0lemented in the ninth Five-Year Plan (1995-2000)to upgrade earthquake monitoring systems and to improve the supporting infrastructure,significant results in earthquake science were achieved.In the new century,we have worked out a blueprint for earthquake preparedness and disaster mitigation in the Tenth Five-Year Plan,which emphases 3 systems (i.e.Seismic Monitoring & Prediction,Seismic Hazards Prevention,Emergency Response) and 10 key projects in earthquake science and technology.